---
name: "lgroupadd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libuser"
version: "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lgroupadd"
---

# lgroupadd(1)

Add an user group

## NAME

lgroupadd - Add an user group

## SYNOPSIS

lgroupadd \[*OPTION*\]... *group*

## DESCRIPTION

Adds a new user group with name *group*.

## OPTIONS

- **-g**, **--gid**=*gid*

  Use group ID *gid* for the newly created group. A group ID is selected automatically if this option is not present.

- **-i**, **--interactive**

  Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if default answers are set up in **libuser** configuration.

- **-r**, **--reserved**

  The group is a system group. Groups that are not marked as system groups usually have automatically selected group IDs above a certain value (configured as **LU\_GIDNUMBER** in [**libuser.conf**(5)](/libuser.conf/5.md)). This information is also passed to the **libuser** backends.

## EXIT STATUS

The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.